Missing Mt. Pleasant-area teens found safe in Chicago

Sarah Kiley's Facebook message Sunday morning was simple and to the point. "Yes they are found!"

Kiley, whose son Braxton Wood, 14, and his friend Jayden Thomas, 13, had been missing for nearly two weeks, posted the comment at roughly 10:30 a.m.

Braxton and Jayden were found by Chicago police Sunday morning in "Wrigleyville," the area surrounding Wrigley Field, Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said.

"They are safe, sound and everything is fine," the sheriff said. Mioduszewski said the two were found at about 9 a.m. central time by officers from the Chicago Police Department.

A caller spotted Kiley's Ford Explorer in a parking lot and contacted police, Miodus-zewski said. Both of the teens were in the vehicle when police arrived, the sheriff said, adding that they will be returning to Michigan soon.

A hearing has been scheduled in Isabella County Probate Court at 11 a.m. Monday.

Braxton, who lives with parents Kiley and Ed Wood near Mt. Pleasant, and Jayden, who lives with her mother, Kelly Drinkwine, in northern Isabella County, disappeared in the middle of the night Aug. 26 with Kiley's sports utility vehicle.

Police launched a search for the two, who were originally believed to be headed to Florida, and checked many tips that didn't pan out.

A Homeland Security camera captured an image of the car headed south on the Mackinac Bridge Aug. 29.

Sheriff's officers also served search warrants on the teens' cell phone providers and found that they had been in and out of Isabella County, but could not get "real time" locations because of the lag time between serving the warrants and getting the information.